The Odd World News Podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. After fifty eight episodes that encompasses five hundred and fifty seven stories, and is just over nine hours in total audio, it is time to end the podcast.

There are a multitude of factors that have gone into the decision to end the show. The biggest is the amount of time needed to prepare and produce the podcast. Between writing, recording, editing, preparing the graphics, adding chapter marks, and all of the other aspects that go into the podcast, there are weeks that it takes upwards of ten hours to complete all of the tasks. Considering the average episode is approximately nine minutes and twenty one seconds, spending up to ten hours working on an episode is a significant amount of time.

Here are some of the stats for the entire 58 episode run of the podcast:

Number of Episodes

58

Number of Stories

558

Avg Stories Per Episode

9.62

Episode with Most Stories

11 (16)

Episode with Fewest Stories

29 (5)

Total Follow Up Stories

24

Most Follow Up Stories

12 (3)

Average Follow Up per Episode

0.41

Percent of Episodes with Follow Up

33%

Total Characters

286,682

Total Words

49,816

Average Character Count

4,942.79

Average Word Count

89.28

Total Unique Words

8,675

Most Used Word

police (297)

Total Podcast time

09:00:10

Longest Podcast

00:16:33 (52)

Shortest Podcast

00:04:22 (29)

Average Podcast Length

00:09:18

I would like to thank everyone who has downloaded, subscribed, or told others about the podcast. The existing episodes will remain up for quite a while, so you can listen to them again at your leisure. I hope you have enjoyed the show.

Hello and welcome to the Odd World News Podcast 2015 Survey. With it closing in on a year since the podcast was launched, I am trying to learn more about the listeners. I would appreciate you filling out the survey. Your answers will greatly help shape the future of the podcast.

There are two ways to fill out the survey. The first is by going to http://goo.gl/forms/IKwnQ2ehfi or clicking here. The second is by filling in the survey questions right on this page. All responses will remain private and will only be used by myself to figure out how best to proceed with the podcast.